When Wendell Berry passed away on August 31, at the age of 92, we felt it as a tender loss but also as a reminder of the profound work of this radical poet-farmer and how he has influenced us.

Over the last few years, I have worked on a project that has been one of the most intriguing and inspiring things I have ever been a part of: the creation and emergence of a community fund, from an idea to what became Kingston Common Futures.

When we talk about why we’re named the Good Work Institute, we usually focus on the meaning of good work in the world. That through good work we can build and amplify our collective power to create regenerative communities.

Báyò spoke about the cracks, the spaces outside of the extractive systems that we find ourselves in, the spaces we don’t anticipate, where we can discover something new if we can open ourselves up to it.

Inspired by Osita Nwanevu talking about his book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, Susan shares her reflections.

Reflections on my one year anniversary at the Good Work Institute co-leading the fiscal sponsorship program.

I saw wolves hunting caribou. They all used the same paths, snow packed down by all the hooves, walls of snow on either side, hemmed in...

I've been having a recurring thought the past few months, as I witness our national politics on the one hand, and the way our team operates on the other: that democracy relies on empathy. Is democracy even possible without empathy?

This week, the light is providing a sense of energy and hope, as it touches the purpling mountains with their millions of buds and as-yet-unformed leaves awaiting the signal to pop out.

I have had the good fortune of attending three carnivals in the past year and a half. They didn’t feature rides or attractions or non-stop action. There was no cotton candy, funnel cake, or coin toss...

The idea that we don’t learn well when our nervous systems are on alert and we don’t feel safe now seems like a truth I’ve always known, but it was a revelation when I first heard it.

I saw the future at the Cityscapes Summit, or at least, the future I hope to see in my lifetime: where equity is built into our economic systems from the ground up...